Blood from two of the six patients infected with the newly identified bacteria was tested by culture at the CDC, where the organism was grown in the laboratory.
Notes on verification
Confirmed by CDC press release, Mayo Clinic announcement, and peer-reviewed Lancet Infectious Diseases study (Pritt et al. 2016), with consistent corroboration across independent sources. [tier=silver indep_score=1.0 clusters=2 claim_tier=notable | kind=empirical eligibility=high]
Sources
- New Lyme-disease-causing bacteria species discovered (seed:health_and_medicine)
- https://www.mayoclinic.org/medical-professionals/infectious-diseases/news/mayo-clinic-cdc-identify-new-species-of-bacteria-that-causes-lyme-disease/mac-20429508 (corroboration)
- https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3099(16)00003-1/fulltext (corroboration)